Hydrocerol®

Chemical Foaming & Nucleating Agents

Edition Date :

September 13, 2019

Hydrocerol chemical foaming and nucleating agents from Clariant Masterbatches are commonly used in consumer goods and automotive components to reduce part weight without compromising stiffness or mechanical properties. In packaging, they save material and improve productivity, while preserving aesthetic appeal. Recently developed Clariant technology yields foam with smaller and more uniform cells so that processors can use 10 to 20% less plastic to create components that are visually identical to heavier, solid-walled parts. This makes Hydrocerol very attractive to companies committed to reducing the potential environmental impact of their products.
For more details see the Innovation Spotlight page for Hydrocerol.

Benefits

When used in the structural foam molding process, chemical foaming agents generate a cellular foam structure in the part interior. This technology delivers many advantages, including the following:

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Clariant will focus attention on improving automotive sustainability when it hosts a presentation by Joachim Melzig, Dipl. Ing. Kunststofftechnik, BMW Group, during K 2019, the international plastics trade fair being held October 16 – 23 at Messe Dusseldorf in Germany. Entitled “Injection molding of structural foam. A Clariant and BMW success story” the presentation takes place on the Clariant stand (Hall 8a / J11) on Friday, 18 October, at 2:30 pm.

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